Dental device.



No. 789,415. PATENTED MAY 9, 1905. H. G. DRESSEL.

DENTAL DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT" a. 1904.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 789,415, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed September 6, 1904- Serial No. 223,467.

To all 1072 0771 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, l-lnNRY GEORGE Dans- SEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Dental Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for matching teeth, and comprises a holder adapted. to hold a plurality of teeth.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder adapted to detachably hold a number of facings for the purpose of selecting a suitable shade for the patient, the holder being shaped to properly lit the mouth and having a handle whereby the teeth being matched can be held by the patient, while the dentist can examine the effect of the same from a suitable distance.

The invention consists in a device constructed as hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device with a twisted-wire handle. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device supported by a suitable handle. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. 2, the teeth being shown in position. Fig. 4: is a slight modification. Fig. 5 is a top plan view, and Fig. 6 is a front elevation, of the holder.

In the drawings, A represents a wire bent upon itself to form a handle and having at its lower end a ring A, formed of the wire A, the wire beingtwisted upon itself adjacentthe ring A to form a suitable handle, and at the end of the device opposite the ring A the two members or portions of the wire A are ar ranged parallel to each other and are bent outwardly and thence upwardly, as at A forming an offset portion which supports the holding-frame D,thisframe being an elongated loop longitudinallycurved and atright angles to the handle or twisted portion of the wires A. This loop or frame I) is adapted to hold The shape and construction of the handle portion, however, are not of vital importance, but a matter of convenience, and in Figs. 2, 3, and i I have shown a cylindrical handle C, of wood or metal or other suitable material, having a socket in one end, in which are inserted the free ends of the wire A, the remainder of the devicethat is, the holder 1) and the angled portion A being as heretofore described, with the exception that in Fig. I I have shown a slightly-modified form in which the lower wire portion A" is ar' ranged obliquely with reference to the portion A and the frame I). In all of these forms, however, the construction of the frame I), which is the essential feature of my invention, remains the same.

The teeth B are held detachably to the frame by means of wax E, though where it is desired to permanent] y secure a set of teeth to the frame they may be soldered.

The advantages of this device will be obvione to those engaged in dental work.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a handle, of alongitudinally-curved frame adapted to support a plurality of teeth.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a wire bent to form an elongated frame curved longitudinally, the free ends of the wire being bent downwardly from one side of the frame midway its ends to form a handle portion.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a handle portion, the said handle having an offset adjacent its upper end, and a longitudinally-curved wire frame, integral with the said oi'lset portion, and arranged transverse thereto.

4. A device of the kind described comprising a handle, an elongated, longitudinallyeurved frame arranged transversely to the handle, an angled wire portion integral with the frame and connecting the frame to the handle, as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY GEORGE DRESSEL.

\Vitnesses:

l/VM. 'W. DIXON, CONRAD HALLiNo. 

